Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award
Emerging Leader Alumni Award
Alvin Hills IV, B.B.A.’11
Business Developer, City of Grand Rapids •
Co-founder, Endless Opportunities • Co-founder, The Midwest Tech Project •
Founder, Alvin J. Hills IV and Associates
Lashae Simmons II, B.B.A.’15
Financial Advisor, Northwestern Mutual •
Founder, Black Wall Street Muskegon
Department Awards
Christopher Abate, B.B.A.’01
Chief Executive Officer, Redwood Trust
—Department of Accountancy Outstanding Alumni Award
Peter Pearce, B.B.A.’92
Principal, Baker Tilly US
—Department of Business Information Systems Outstanding Alumni Award
John Dankovich, B.B.A.’76
Partner, MKD Wealth Coaches
—Department of Finance and Commercial Law Outstanding Alumni Award
Robert Naugle Jr., B.B.A.’03
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, REV TECH
—Department of Management Outstanding Alumni Award
Frank Gambino, B.S.’77, Ed.D.’93
Professor of Marketing, Western Michigan University •
Director of the Food and Consumer Package Goods Marketing Program, Western Michigan University
—Department of Marketing Outstanding Alumni Award
